Band for wearing apparel



Dec 29, 1936. HARDIE 2,065,936

BAND FOR WEARING APPAREL Filed Sept. 6, 1934 M A ORNEYS Patented Dec.29, 1936 UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE BAND FOR WEARING APPAREL HarryHardie, Baltimore, Md., assignor to The Faultless Manufacturing Company,Baltimore, Md., a corporation of Maryland Application September 6, 1934,Serial No. 742,886 3 Claims. (01. 2,-240) The present invention relatesbroadly to a band for wearing apparel and more especially to ananchoring band in the upper portion of a stocking or sock. I I

The invention resides primarily in a band comprising a strip of elasticrubber whichpresses a roughened surface. against the wearer in suchmanner that the roughened surface is effective through thin textilecovering material to provide an anchoring bond to retain the band inposition on the wearer. The roughness may be on the strip of rubber orit may be produced by 21. separate piece of material.

Where the present invention has been applied to stockings, a roughenedrubber strip may be sewed in position in a tubular welt knitted in theupper end of the stocking in such manner that when the stocking is inplace on the wearer, the rubber strip encircles the leg. above the kneeand the roughened surface holds the upper end of the stocking securelyin place without discomfort to the wearer. The rubber strip is treatedto withstand laundering processes without deterioration of the rubberand the roughened surfaces of the rubber are preferablypermanentlyformed thereon during the manufacture of the rubber sheet. Where theroughness is in the rubber, it applies localized pressure in a yieldingmanner when the band is stretched, so that the roughness which iseffective through the silk side wall of the stocking does not becomeapparent to the wearer and yet it affords a secure anchorv age for theupper end of the stocking at a-lesser restricting pressure on the leg ofthe wearer than where the roughness is omitted.

The embodiments of the inventionillustrated in the drawing herewithrelate to a type of stocking known in the trade as full, fashion. Thistype of stocking is knitted or woven flat and is completed by beingsewed together by a seam at the back of the stocking which secures theedges of the stocking together to form a complete tubular member.

While the present invention is illustrated in connection with hosiery,it is to be understood that it is also applicable to other forms ofgarments and that it comprises an improvement upon the smooth rubberstrip disclosed in the Harsh Patent 1,593,631 (Re. 16,641) as well asupon the stocking disclosed and claimed in my co-pending applicationSerial No. 707,279, filed January 19, 1934.

It is recognized that the present invention may be embodied inconstructions other than those specifically shown herewith, and,therefore, this disclosure is to be considered as illustrative and notin a limiting sense.

Fig. 1 illustrates a portion. of the top of a stocking showing the endsof a rubber strip with both sides thereof roughened.

Fig. 2 illustrates the top of a full fashion hose with a portion brokenaway to illustrate the roughened rubber strip in the top of the stockmg.r

Fig. 3 is a modification of the invention in which the roughened effectis produced by net material.

Referring now more especially to the drawing,

which illustrates preferred embodiments of the present invention, Fig. 1discloses a portion of the top of a stockingcomprising a body Ipreferably of knitted silk or similar stretchable material which isprovided at its upper end with a welt forming a hollow tubular member,preferably made during the knitting of the. stocking, and which unitesat the point 2 with the body I of the stocking. A strip of soft elasticrubber 4 .extends through the welt and is locked therein by elasticstitches 5. The strip of elastic rubber is provided on its surfaces. 6and I. with small scale-like raised portions that form roughenedsurfaces which do not disappear when the strip of rubber is stretchedaroundthe leg of the wearer sufiiciently to become a constricting bandwhich acts as a garter member to hold the stocking in place. Theroughened surface next to the skin of the wearer is such that theroughness acts through the thin inner wall of the welt to more securelyhold the upper edge of the stocking in place.

a serrated line of stitches on one side of the stocking and runningthread joined by loops on the other side of the, stocking. This type ofstitch is very elastic and yields readily with the stretching of thebody of the garment and with the elastic strip of roughened rubberinside the welt.

Where the present invention is embodied in a fullfashioned hose orstocking, the edges of the stocking and the ends of the. rubber stripare sewed together at 8 (Fig. 2) by an overcast seam which securelylocks the side portions of the ends of the rubber strip together sothat. there is no danger of the stitches tearing out of the ends of therubber. Where the roughened rubber construction is utilized in garmentsof the type This has been thoroughly demony strated by commercial use ofthe present invenfective way of producing thisresult is to-enclose weltbetween the inner face thereof and the.

inner surface of the rubber strip so that the pattern of the threads ofthe open net may beef fective through the thin wall of the stocking-orgarment when the rubber strip is constricted around the leg or body ofthe wearer. One efthe flat strip of rubber in a tube of open meshstretchable net such as is illustrated in Fig. 3,

wherein the flat rubber strip 9 is enclosed in a tube of netting I0, sothat the strip and netting are within the welt of the stocking l, andare sewed in position therein by the elastic seam 5. Where desirable,the net may be'cemented directly on one or both faces 'of the plainsheetrubber strip 9.

The embossed rubber illustratedin Figs. 1 and 2 is the preferred form ofthe invention since the feature of embossment adds very little to thecost of the manufacture of the rubber strip and is very efiective andgentlein its action as a sustaining, constricting band. The open meshnet associated with the plain strip of rubberhas the advantage ofretaining its full roughness when the band is stretched, whereas therubber protuberances directly-on the rubber strip-itself are somewhatlowered in height when the rubber strip is stretched. It is to beunderstood that where the net structure is used, the net material shouldbe of thetype'which is easily stretchable without imposing anysubstantial additional resistance against the stretching of the rubberband.

The invention is particularly adaptable for use in connection withstockings made' in such fashion that the welt is so joined to the bodyportion of the stocking as to prevent runslwhich start in the welt fromcontinuing in the body portion. Such results are usually achievedprimarily by means of the union of the welt portion with the bodyportion of the stocking, and since this construction is not novel withapplicant, being disclosed in the Hadfield Reissue Patent 16,052, April28, 1925, the particular. union construction is not illustrated in,detail herein. Since the present invention requires the. use-of stitchespassing through the 'welt portion and through the rubber stripoftentimes threads in the welt portion will be ruptured by the needleduring the stitching. Accordingly, if thestocking is ofthe' run prooftype a run in the welt caused by the rupture of a thread therein willnot continue in the body portion of the stocking. The ob-' jectionableextension of runs from the welt portion oftenoccur in stockings in whichthe welt is formed merely by a folding back .of the top,

part of the stocking with the upper edge of the stocking secured tothebody thereof to forma pocket. In that type, runs starting in the weltportion may very readily continue into the body portion of the stocking.l

The present inventiona is applicable to long.

stockings reaching above the knee, to short stockings or socksterminating below the knee, and also to bands for use generally aswearing I apparel.

What I claim is: a 1.,A supporting band fjor garments comprising asheath of stretchable textile material, a sub- 1 stantially solid stripof elastic rubber within said a sheath, stitching passing. through saidstrip and said sheath and fastening said sheath and said strip togetherto permit said sheath to stretch when said strip is stretched, thesolidity of said strip being interrupted only by the minute'openingsthrough which said stitching passes, and

rib formations within the sheath and extending at least partiallylongitudinally relative to said strip, said rib formations being pressedby said strip against the inner layer of the sheath so that the ribformations are effective through the t inner 'la'yer'of the sheath toprovideadditional anchorage when the sheath is stretched toc'on strictthe same on the wearer;

2. A hosiery memberthaving a substantially tubular sheathoportion in theupper end, and a substantiallysolid strip of thin sheet .rubber in thesheath portion, stitching passing through said strip and said sheath andfastening said stripv and said sheath together to permit said sheath tostretch when said strip, is stretched, the

solidity .of said strip being interrupted only by the minute openingsthrough which said stitching passes, the inner face of said strip beingroughened to provide ribs extending at least partially longitudinallythereof, said ribs being ef-. fective throughthe inner layer of saidsheath to act as additional anchorage'against transverse movement of thesheath when the sheath is constricted on the wearer. r a

3. A hosiery member having a" substantially tubular sheath portion in,the upper end, a substantiallysolid strip of thin sheet rubber in thetubular portion, stitching passing through said strip and said sheathand fastening said strip and said sheath together to permit said sheathto to stretch when said strip is stretched, the sol iditygof said stripbeing interrupted only by .the

minute openings through which said stitching passes, and an open m'eshfabric interposed between the inner surface of said strip and the innerlayer of said sheath to provide ribs extending ,at least partiallylongitudinally of the strip, said ribs being efiective throughthe innerlayer of said sheath to produce additionalfianchorage against transversemovement of the sheath when the same is constricted on the wearer.

. HARRY HARDIE.

